Coal mine Blueprints??

[NW Modeling List]

On 10/12/2013 4:34 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:

> Hi!

> I need some help! I have spent most of the past 2 Saturdays searching 

> the net for Blueprints for a West Virginia style mine. I am building a 

> large model railroad based on the Pocahontas Division From Williamson 

> to Bluefield. I have the track charts for the division and it names a 

> number of mines. However I have come to face the fact that trying to 

> model each and every mine accurately would probably eat up 2 - 3 

> lifetimes just doing the research! LOL SO along that trend of thought 

> I have decided to model a few as close as possible and the rest will 

> be based on practices of the time.

> I am looking for a book, set of articles, web based site I may not 

> have found that has a mine broken down into it's basic components. 

> Then of course I need some key dimensions like how high the floor is 

> above the rails. Picking table and screen arrangements. If I wanted to 

> build a Colorado mine a lot of this is on the net but so far WV has 

> been a bust. Any one have any insights please share them with me!

>


When researching our models, we did not find much in the way of WV 
drawings out there.  Spent a lot of time buying and reading books, and 
finding photos on the web so we could create reasonably accurate kits.

One place to start is here.... 
http://www.appalachianrailroadmodeling.com/bookreview.html

Take care
Bill

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